SONNY CURTIS's guest appearances

SONNY CURTIS

WSM Radio's Coffee, Country & Cody

Songcraft: Spotlight on Songwriters

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The Beaucephus Broadcast

Cousin Brucie's Saturday Night Rock & Roll Party

John Sebastian

Felix Cavaliere

Loretta Lynn

Tommy Roe

Del McCoury

Radney Foster

Larry Weiss

Lori McKenna

Jim Peterik

Paul Thorn

Buzz Cason

Elvis Costello

John Oates

Chip Taylor

Jessi Alexander

OwlTail

 Sonny Curtis began his music career in Lubbock, Texas, playing lead guitar in Buddy Holly’s pre-Crickets band, The Three Tunes. He landed his first hit as a songwriter when Webb Pierce took his song “Someday” to #12 on the Billboard country chart in 1957. He went on to his own performing career, both as a solo artist and as the longtime guitarist and vocalist for the post-Buddy Holly Crickets, while continuing to write songs that became hits for others. These include The Everly Brothers’ “Walk Right Back,” Andy Williams’ “A Fool Never Learns,” The Bobby Fuller Four’s “I Fought the Law,” Bobby Goldsboro’s “The Straight Life,” Leo Sayer’s “More Than I Can Say,” and Keith Whitley’s #1 country hit, “I’m No Stranger to the Rain.” In addition, Curtis wrote and performed “Love is All Around,” the theme song to The Mary Tyler Moore Show. His music has been covered by Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, The Grateful Dead, The Stray Cats, Bryan Adams, John Cougar Mellencamp, Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams, Jr., Joan Jett, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, Chet Atkins, Johnny Rivers, Green Day, Harry Nilsson, Glen Campbell, and many others.  He’s a member of the Musician’s Hall of Fame and the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1991. In 2012 he and his fellow Crickets were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which also counted Sonny’s “I Fought the Law” as one of the 500 “Songs That Shaped Rock.” Similarly, “I Fought the Law” is on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”

Sonny Curtis began his music career in Lubbock, Texas, playing lead guitar in Buddy Holly’s pre-Crickets band, The Three Tunes. He landed his first hit as a songwriter when Webb Pierce took his song “Someday” to #12 on the Billboard country chart in 1957. He went on to his own performing career, both as a solo artist and as the longtime guitarist and vocalist for the post-Buddy Holly Crickets, while continuing to write songs that became hits for others. These include The Everly Brothers’ “Walk Right Back,” Andy Williams’ “A Fool Never Learns,” The Bobby Fuller Four’s “I Fought the Law,” Bobby Goldsboro’s “The Straight Life,” Leo Sayer’s “More Than I Can Say,” and Keith Whitley’s #1 country hit, “I’m No Stranger to the Rain.” In addition, Curtis wrote and performed “Love is All Around,” the theme song to The Mary Tyler Moore Show. His music has been covered by Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, The Grateful Dead, The Stray Cats, Bryan Adams, John Cougar Mellencamp, Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams, Jr., Joan Jett, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, Chet Atkins, Johnny Rivers, Green Day, Harry Nilsson, Glen Campbell, and many others.  He’s a member of the Musician’s Hall of Fame and the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1991. In 2012 he and his fellow Crickets were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which also counted Sonny’s “I Fought the Law” as one of the 500 “Songs That Shaped Rock.” Similarly, “I Fought the Law” is on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”

Ep. 51 - SONNY CURTIS ("I Fought the Law")

Jerry Allison

Sonny Curtis - "Interview from February 24, 2007" Jerry Allison - "Interview from September 1, 2007" Sonny Curtis - "Interview from August 3, 2013" https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/61192

Sonny Curtis - "Interview from February 24, 2007" Jerry Allison - "Interview from September 1, 2007" Sonny Curtis - "Interview from August 3, 2013" <a href="https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/61192" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/61192</a>

Podcast Encore Special: Sonny Curtis and Jerry Allison from Jun 15, 2015

Bill Cody with Songwriters Hall of Fame &amp; Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame member Sonny Curtis !  Sonny joined us backstage at the Grand Ole Opry on February 24, 2012.

Bill Cody with Songwriters Hall of Fame &amp; Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame member Sonny Curtis !  Sonny joined us backstage at the Grand Ole Opry on February 24, 2012.

Sonny Curtis on Coffee, Country & Cody